That is so hard-- just three-- wow--
I think I use aged mahogany, shabby shutters and antique linen the most but those are the colors I work with a lot-- My first ones were antique linen, old photo and tea dye--

Thanks you are making it hard, I have a ton of regular inks (around 40 I think), but I want these for the distress techniques. I am surprised there is no blue do you use it often or no? I was thinking of a brown for sure.

Thanks you are making it hard, I have a ton of regular inks (around 40 I think), but I want these for the distress techniques. I am surprised there is no blue do you use it often or no? I was thinking of a brown for sure.

I have three of the blues- Broken China, Weathered Wood (more of a grey to it) and Faded jeans-- I do use them but they would not be in my most used-- It really depends on what colors you tend to use more in your projects--

I love Walnut Stain because it reads as black when paired with black items, and it reads as a very dark brown with brown items, too. I also LOVE Vintage Photo. I think it's the perfect rich brown. And my other go-to is Fired Brick for sure. I love the vibrant red.

I love the other colors I have but these are the ones I tend to use the most. The frayed burlap is just a nice subtle brown, while the Walnut Stain is very dark. I love the new Rusty Hinge. Beautiful color.

It was a tough choice but I went with
these. I have 4 black ink pads and couldn't bring myself to get another. I bought some masks and some of his embelishments. Now that I have a little boy at home I need to get away from the girly stuff and my LSS had a 40% off on TH stuff.

Although I couldn't pick just 3, I'll tell you I went over a year with only 5 and didn't find I yearned (too much) for other colours (I really liked having one of each of the main colours I use and then I'd use lots for dark colour or a bit for lighter colour):

ETA: lately I've added a pink, a purple and frayed burlap to my collection and antique linen is on my list

It was a tough choice but I went with
these. I have 4 black ink pads and couldn't bring myself to get another. I bought some masks and some of his embelishments. Now that I have a little boy at home I need to get away from the girly stuff and my LSS had a 40% off on TH stuff.

Great choices of course you picked 3 of my 4 so I would say that lol!! Hope you have fun!!